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Delacy v. California

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 17, 2012.

Docket No.11-290

Issue

(1) Whether the "presumptively lawful" language in footnote 26 of this Court"s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller created a safe harbor exempting restrictions on Second Amendment rights from any level of heightened judicial scrutiny; and (2) whether an equal protection challenge to discriminatory classifications that affect the fundamental right to keep and bear arms is subject merely to rational basis scrutiny.

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